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Saturday, February 28, 1942

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The Headlines

ANDAMAN CITY HIT; Port Blair Raided Twice as Lull Continues on Burma Land Fronts FOE'S LOSSES ARE HEAVY Sittang River Reported Not Yet Crossed, but Rangoon Is Virtually Abandoned ANDAMAN CITY HIT IN ATTACK ON INDIA

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Moonlight Cocktail

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1942

  • Here's looking at you, kid

Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Time Elapsed

30,778 days ago

(84 years, 118 days)